Previous Inawashiro FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup Coverage
Men’s Moguls
Three of the seven US men advanced from the qualification round to start things off on Saturday. Bradley Wilson was the top American in second with Dylan Walczyk and Joseph Discoe also placing in the top six. Wilson showed the best speed of the top skiers in the run, something that would continue all event.
In round one of the final two of the three Americans were eliminated by failing to reach the top six. Discoe and Walczyk finished seventh and eighth so they didn’t miss out by much. Wilson finished third in this round but was again very quick.
In the last round of the final Bradley Wilson went fast again, the fastest of all his runs, and it paid off. If he’d been just a few hundredths of a second slower it would have cost him the title but instead he edged out Marc-Antoine Gagnon for the title despite a substantially lower jump score.
Women’s Moguls
The US women did a better job getting out of the qualification round with four of the six advancing (Ali Kariotis, Heather McPhie, Sophia Schwartz, and Eliza Outtrim), though they only placed one in the top six. Notably absent from that group was Hannah Kearney who took a DNF on her run.
In the first round of the final the Eliza Outtrim made a big gain moving from 14th in the qualification round to fifth to advance to the final round along with Heather McPhie.
McPhie continued to improve her standings in each run in the final round when she finished second (after fourth and thirds in the previous two runs). Missing out on a medal in fourth was Outtrim.
Sunday Preview:
On Sunday both the men and women will hold dual moguls events. These events use a qualification round to set a bracket of the top 16 skiers. They will then battle head-to-head through four rounds of elimination with the top scorer advancing.
Schedule:
- March 1st
- 7:45 PM ET – Women’s Dual Moguls – Qualification
- Hannah Kearney
- Ali Kariotis
- Heather McPhie
- Sophia Schwartz
- Eliza Outtrim
- Keaton McCargo
- 9:25 PM ET – Men’s Dual Moguls – Qualification
- Dylan Walczyk
- Joseph Discoe
- Troy Murphy
- Bradley Wilson
- Jeremy Cota
- Bryon Wilson
- Patrick Deneen
- 11:30 PM ET – Women’s Dual Moguls – Finals (Round of 16)
- 11:42 PM ET – Men’s Dual Moguls – Finals (Round of 16)
- 11:54 PM ET – Women’s Dual Moguls – Finals (Quarterfinals)
- 7:45 PM ET – Women’s Dual Moguls – Qualification
- March 2nd
- 12:02 AM ET – Men’s Dual Moguls – Finals (Quarterfinals)
- 12:10 AM ET – Women’s Dual Moguls – Finals (Semifinals)
- 12:18 AM ET – Men’s Dual Moguls – Finals (Semifinals)
- 12:29 AM ET – Women’s Dual Moguls – Finals (Final)
- 12:37 AM ET – Men’s Dual Moguls – Finals (Final)